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Sunday, January 23, 2011

Movies that don't (?) suck

Yesterday I stumbled on a previously unheard of movie channel on my U-Verse cable, and came upon a movie lineup ingeniously titled "Movies that don't suck". Bonus, I thought.

Except that they were playing Broken Arrow. You know, the one about missing nuclear weapons, starring John Travolta, Christian Slater and Samantha Mathis (and Howie Long - let's not forget that gem of a performance).

Broken Arrow is a terrible movie (Thus the reason I love it). It's directed by John Woo, with his trademark cheesy dialogue and ridiculous characters/caricatures. And lots of guns and explosions. A perfectly delightful/awful movie. Right up there with Armageddon, The Core and Face/Off.

It most definitely sucks.

And yes, I own the VHS version and am now rewinding it because I want to watch the "uncut" version. I mean, if the best line of the movie is "I say God Damn, what a rush!!!", and they edit it out of the TV version, one is obliged to restore the movie to it's former, completely sucking glory.

Excuse me while I go remember how to fast forward through the credits.

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About Me

I work as an arts administrator in the Northwest corner of Arkansas (not Alaska, that's AK). I hail from New England and have a love for the Red Sox and corn chowder that probably doesn't make much sense to my friends 'round these parts.

I once thought Everything and a Racehorse would be a great name for a band. A band that I would be the lead singer in, of course. Since that's not likely to happen, instead it's my blog.

Why is "carominus" in my blog address? Well, it's like this. When I started blogging, I was afraid to put my own name on the blog, and so I used Caroline Minus, the name I would use as a pen name if I wrote novels, to start the blog. I wish it was more mysterious or clever, but alas.